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Angels Carry the Sun synopis
In the early 1980s, living in rural poverty in one of the wealthiest counties in Pennsylvania, Flora McDermott has found an epic love. Everett Finn has that "Black Irish" look, with the black black bottom-of-the-abyss hair and contrasting eyes of sky. When she sits in his high school English class, Flora can think of little else. She has no choice; her pens are possessed; she has to flood him with love notes and poetry. After all, one never knows what could happen in life. He just may give in to her if she perseveres. A coming-of-age story with a bite, Flora’s sojourn is of the rudiments that persist in the human heart--dreams, memory, love, and family, and the ever-mysterious and mutable definition of self.
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cover by Julian Sienzant/DeBUNKPhotography
BOOKSTORES w/ANGELS in stock
In Pennsylvania: Doylestown Bookshop, Frenchtown Book Garden, Farley's, Newtown Bookshop.
elsewhere: Buffalo Street Books, Ithaca, NY.
Or purchase on Amazon.
Tasty Pushcart-nominated tidbits:
3. "Lemon-Scented Death" (Chapter Seven, Angels Carry the Sun).
Tasty 2011 Rhysling-nominated poem:
Originally published in ILLUMEN (Oct 2009).
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Early Verbal Reviews of
Angels Carry the Sun
"I'm a picky reader and I was impressed. So MANY moments of beautiful imagery and I enjoyed your "fresh" style. I LOVE your poetic style."
"I read it in one sitting. I couldn't put it down. This could be a bestseller!"
Poetry chapbook,
Recidivist (Lilly Press, 2010)
Includes Rhysling-nominated poem,
A More Significant Sun (first published in ILLUMEN/Oct 2009; reprinted in SNReview/Winter 2009-10.
Available for purchase at
River Poets Journal
Favorite Dress
I can deny the particular situation.
Reality can deny me
the perfect measurements
of my dreams.
But the feeling,
the feeling can't be denied.
And I know I'll wear it
for a long long while
like a favorite dress,
beautiful until threadbare
and loved even then.
Angels Carry the Sun (Lilly Press, 2010)
was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award and a Pushcart prize (Chpt 7). Visit Lilly Press/River Poets Journal to purchase.
